Michigan made the trek to Wrigley Field for a matchup with Northwestern and earned a 24-22 victory thanks to a walk-off field goal from Dominic Zvada. Despite the win, the Wolverines fell a few spots in the latest edition of ESPN and Bill Connelly’s SP+ rankings.

For those of you who are new to SP+, Connelly describes it as, “A tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency – It is simply a measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football. If you’re lucky or unimpressive in a win, your rating will probably fall. If you’re strong and unlucky in a loss, it will probably rise.”

A team’s SP+ rating is calculated from its offensive, defensive, and special teams efficiencies and is used to predict how many points it would beat (or lose to) the “average”

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